Fianna Fáil deputy leader Jack Chambers has said Bertie Ahern’s comments on immigration are “totally wrong and inappropriate”.
Speaking on Thursday, Chambers said Ireland is the country it is today “because of the diversity of the people who’ve come here”.
The Dublin West TD said Ahern “certainly wasn’t reflecting my party’s value of people who’ve come to Ireland, and the contribution they make across our public service and across our economy”.
Footage surfaced of Ahern speaking to a woman about immigration during a byelection canvass last week.
During the video, which was made without Ahern’s knowledge, the woman raised concerns about immigration and sharia law, with the former taoiseach saying he believed there were too many migrants coming into the country.
